In this project we will be imagining new ways of documentation and creative communication of biodiversity in collaboration with the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS), which lies in Shimoga district of Karnataka.
The project is housed by Law Environment and Design (Led) lab in Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology.
The project is housed by Law Environment and Design (Led) lab in Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology.
The project is based on the Grasslands in Agumbe which are breeding grounds for many amphibians, fish species and ground nesting birds. Rocks in the grasslands are home to a variety of scorpions, snakes and skinks. First order streams originate at these grasslands and flow downward to form bigger rivers. Such micro-ecosystem are of ecological significance due to their definitive role in ecological succession, by being an important food source for fauna. Today worldwide Grasslands are under threat, because they are often seen as wasteland. The Grasslands in Agumbe have been declared as Revenue land, which means they are managed by the State and can be bought/ used by anybody.
Vision
Changing the current understanding of grasslands being unproductive wastelands.
Changing the current understanding of grasslands being unproductive wastelands.
Goal
To create communication material on the grasslands, representing the landscape as an ecologically rich micro-ecosystem.
To create communication material on the grasslands, representing the landscape as an ecologically rich micro-ecosystem.
Agumbe grasslands
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